Hey all you Boneless Blog Fanatics!

This is the voice of Jonathan (I am that guy at Boneless Children shows who jumps around and sweats a lot and plays the bass too).  It is so sincerely satisfying to finally have this opportunity to connect with you on a more personal level.  One on one, face to face, cheek to cheek.

There’s nobody here.  It’s just you and me.

Would you like to know what else?  It’s where I want to be.

People who know me have been perplexed for years why I haven’t already taken up blogging.  After all, when not paralyzed by melancholic silence I tend to go on and on about all sorts of shit.   Given enough booze (and cheer) I’ve been known to stumble upon truths that even the hopin’est bunny (or the slowest slug) could relate to.

Right now, while trying to write the sentence that follows, something came to mind…  So I guess this brings me to my first topic.  When to use “a” or “an”.  At this point I want to say “This is A historic occasion”.  Unfortunately oftentimes in printed literature I’ve read “this is AN historic occasion/event”.  I’ve also heard it said that if the word after “a/an” starts with a vowel you should write “an”.  Since there have been countless times that I have read in published material “This is/was AN historic occasion/event” I cannot take either statements seriously.

H is not a vowel.

Is this one of those gaps in grammar that nobody really knows the answer to?

Your input is appreciated.  Be prepared to back up your statements and also be prepared to come face to face with literature that has been edited and published with text that proves your viewpoint moot as well as valid.

This blog is all about education.  Did you know that in 1959 the Crown Prince of Japan broke with centuries of tradition by taking a commoner as his wife?  Did you even know that there was a Crown Prince of Japan?

Welcome to my blog.  Shall we celebrate?  After all, this is an historic occasion.

Sincerely,  Jonathan Kepke

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